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Preparation for Personal Prayer

Holy Spirit, breath of God and fire of love, I cannot pray without your aid: Kindle in me the fire of your love, and illumine me with your light; that with a steadfast will and holy thoughts I may approach the Father in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ my Lord, who reigns with you and the Father in eternal union. Amen.

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A Collect for Strength to Await Christ's Return

Sunday — Morning Prayer

O God our King, by the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ on the first day of the week, you conquered sin, put death to flight, and gave us the hope of everlasting life: Redeem all our days by this victory; forgive our sins, banish our fears, make us bold to praise you and to do your will; and steel us to wait for the consummation of your kingdom on the last great Day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Provenance

TEC 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This Sunday morning collect is a 20th-century composition, most likely drafted in the early 1970s for the Episcopal Church's 1979 Book of Common Prayer. It grounds the keeping of Sunday in the resurrection, then ends with a characteristically Anglican eschatological petition to "steel us to wait" for the final Day.